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"At the hour of
meeting scarcely a quorum attended in either House," records Polk. ". . . The
members are still absent at Baltimore. . . . About two o'clock P.M. a
telegraphic despatch was received announcing that Lewis Cass of Michigan had,
on the fourth ballot, been nominated . . . as the candidate of the Democratic
party for President of the United States."Diary.